by ghgovernance | Apr 22, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog
By Tara Ornstein, Contributing Blogger The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has documented an urgent need for support to several African countries who are updating their surveillance and contingency plans for avian influenza A (H7N9). H7N9...
by ghgovernance | Mar 23, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, World Health Organization
By Tara Ornstein, Independent Global Health Researcher Since September 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 198 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), which include 84 deaths. The majority of cases have been reported in...
by ghgovernance | Mar 21, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, Uncategorized
By Jane Cohen and Amanda Klasing Cross-posted from Human Rights Watch’s Dispatches If you are reading this, it’s not likely you will be one of the 2.5 billion people looking for a place to defecate outdoors. Or one of the hundreds of millions of mostly women...
by ghgovernance | Mar 20, 2014 | Global Health Diplomacy, Global Health Governance Blog, United Nations
Courtney M. Page and Yanzhong Huang The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were set forth by the United Nations (UN) in 2000. At that time, nations around the world agreed to take action and reach target goals by 2015 to reduce poverty and improve health, education,...
by ghgovernance | Feb 6, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, Health Systems, Health Technology, Young Voices
Vlad Boscor, Young Voices Blogger Globalization inevitably has its global winners and losers, and nowhere are they more apparent than in the healthcare sector. Developed countries have a huge advantage in healthcare access, modernity of treatment and diagnosis, and...
by ghgovernance | Jan 30, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, Health Systems, Human Resources for Health
Noreen M. Sugrue Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Health and Policy Initiatives, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Skilled labor migration means more than the loss of individual workers, it means the loss – predominantly from poor countries – of...
by ghgovernance | Jan 22, 2014 | Current Openings in Global Health
Title: AMA Foundation Excellence in Medicine Awards – Dr. Nathan Davis International Award in Medicine Sponsor: American Medical Association Foundation SYNOPSIS: The AMA Foundation gives an award to recognize physicians whose influence reach...
by ghgovernance | Jan 22, 2014 | Current Openings in Global Health
Title: Small Business Innovation Research Program–Grant Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS SYNOPSIS: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) invites eligible United States small business concerns...
by ghgovernance | Jan 16, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, International Health Regulations, International Institutions and Multilateral Organizations, International Law, Uncategorized
By Tara Ornstein, Independent Global Health Researcher Although on December 18, 2013, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed the deaths of 2,360 migrants in 2013, they indicated that the actual number was much higher. IOM Director General William...
by ghgovernance | Jan 14, 2014 | Global Health Governance Blog, North America, Young Voices
Peter Maslanka, Young Voices Blogger In March 2013 the U.S. spent a staggering $463 million for 2 million new smallpox doses in defense of a potential bioterrorist attack. This new drug, Arestyvr, made by New York-based Siga Technologies, is an antiviral pill that...